LBflow: An extensible lattice Boltzmann framework for the simulation of geophysical flows. Part I: theory and implementation

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Llewellin, E W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational steering; Flow simulation; Flow visualization; Geophysical fluid dynamics; Lattice Boltzmann method

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE FLOW DATA; COMPUTATIONAL STEERING; CONFIGURABLE; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; INTUITIVE EXPLORATION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN ALGORITHMS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MODULAR APPROACH; OBJECT ORIENTED; PARAMETER SPACES; PROGRAMMING SKILLS; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; RUNTIMES; SIMULATION FLOW; STANDARD INTERFACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

DROP FORMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA PROCESSING; FLOW MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; THEORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 73749083003     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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